UPDATE 3-Drake and Lamar lead but women shine through in Grammy nods

By Jill SerjeantReuters

(Recasts, adding snubs and other categories)

LOS ANGELES, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Rappers Kendrick Lamar and
Drake led Grammy Award nominations on Friday, but Cardi B, Lady
Gaga, Brandi Carlile and American newcomer H.E.R helped make it
a female-dominated line-up for the year's top prizes in the
music industry.

Ten-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Ariana Grande
and Camila Cabello were among the biggest snubs in top
categories that were dominated by hip-hop and R&B.

Canada's Drake, the most-streamed artist of 2018, won eight
nominations, including album of the year for "Scorpion," and
both song and record of the year for his single "God's Plan."

Five of the expanded eight nominees in the album of the year
race were women - Cardi B's "Invasion of Privacy," Janelle
Monae's "Dirty Computer," folk singer Brandi Carlile's "By the
Way, I Forgive You," country singer Kacey Musgraves' "Golden
Hour" and newcomer H.E.R.'s self-titled "H.E.R."

Rapper Post Malone's "Beerbongs & Bentleys" and the
soundtrack to hit movie "Black Panther," which was produced by
Lamar, round out the album of the year field.

Lamar, the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music,
Drake, Cardi B and Carlile also garnered nominations for record
of the year.

The Recording Academy, whose members choose the Grammys,
this year expanded to eight from five the number of nominees in
the top four categories - record, song and album of the year,
and best new artist - to allow a more diverse line-up.

The Academy also expanded its membership and set up a
diversity task force after an uproar over the low number of
female nominees, winners and performers on the televised
ceremony in January.

Six of the eight best new artist nominees on Friday were
women, including H.E.R., Chloe x Halle, British pop star Dua
Lipa, and Bebe Rexha.

Lady Gaga's nominations came mostly from her single
"Shallow" with actor-director Bradley Cooper from their movie "A
Star is Born," which won five Golden Globe nods on Thursday.

In the biggest snub, Swift, one of the world's most
successful singers, was shut out of the major awards, getting
just one nomination in the pop category for her best-selling
album "Reputation."

Grande, who on Thursday won Billboard's Woman of the Year
accolade, and Cuban-born Cabello were relegated to two apiece in
the pop album and pop single categories. Beyonce had to make do
with just three, all of which she shared with husband Jay-Z -
music video "Apeshit," R&B performance "Summer" and urban
contemporary album "Everything is Love."

The Grammy Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Los
Angeles on Feb. 10.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Franklin Paul and
Bernadette Baum and Tom Brown)